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State Of Unrest (2023)
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New England's Embitterment throw melodic black metal, death, thrash, and speed into a single volatile concoction, arriving in 2025 with a genre-blurring approach that refuses easy categorization. Expect fierce melodic leads cutting through blackened death metal chaos at speed-metal tempo.
In existence since 2018, this Turin Heavy Metal and Thrash Metal outfit delivers breakneck tempos and razor-sharp riff attacks. Their place within Italy's underrated but thriving metal community speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Portland's Embrace the Kill sharpen thrash metal's traditional aggression against punk's stripped-down ethic, resulting in a lean and lethal sound. Since 2018, they've been one of the Pacific Northwest's harder-edged contributions to thrash's ongoing underground resurgence.
Melodic death/thrash metal band from Porto, Portugal, blending Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal with thrash metal's velocity. Their sound represents Porto's contribution to Portuguese extreme metal.
Embrio is a thrash metal band from Cascavel, Paraná, Brazil, with a prolific discography spanning over a decade and a half. The band has released a steady string of full-length albums including Prophets of Doom (2008), Corporation Is a Cancer (2010), Testify (2012), Revolt Against the System (2013), and Karmadoom (2017), establishing themselves as a consistent presence in the Brazilian thrash scene.
Austrian death/thrash/groove metal act from the Gröbming/Liezen area, formed in 2020, combining the aggression of death and thrash metal with groove-driven heaviness. Their crossover approach draws from multiple extreme metal traditions to create a versatile, hard-hitting sound.
Thrash metal and crossover act from Almeria in southeastern Spain, delivering high-speed, punk-infused aggression since 2018. Their biologically referencing name adds a scientific edge to their chaotic crossover thrash.
Crafting their sound since 2015, this Grevenmacher Black Metal, Death Metal, and Thrash Metal outfit delivers tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Their place within a growing underground metal community speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Thrash/death metal band from Barreiro across the Tagus from Lisbon, Portugal active since 2017. Their sound fuses thrash speed with death metal brutality from the industrial south bank of the Lisbon metropolitan area.
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